Title: Methylation of KRAS by SETD7 promotes KRAS degradation in non-small cell lung cancer
Date: November 7, 2024 (Thursday) 15:00-16:30
Location: Wisdom Classroom 404, Zhi Zhen Building, Ningbo University Health Science Center
Speaker: Professor Zheng Duo (Shenzhen University)
Expert Profile:
Professor Zheng Duo is a doctoral supervisor and the head of the Department of Cell and Genetics at the Basic Medical College of the Medical Department of Shenzhen University. He is also the director of Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Tumor Translational Medicine and deputy director of the Shenzhen Synthetic Biology Engineering Laboratory. Professor Zheng graduated with a Ph.D. from Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, and completed his postdoctoral research at the University of Minnesota. He formerly served as the deputy dean of the College of Life Sciences at Central South University and the deputy director of the National Key Laboratory. He is recognized as a high-level local leader in Shenzhen, a Type B talent under the "Peacock Plan" for overseas high-level talents in Shenzhen, a provincial training candidate under Guangdong's "Thousand, Hundred, Ten Project," and an Outstanding Teacher of Shenzhen.
Professor Zheng has long been engaged in molecular genetics and cell biology research. His main research interests include the mechanisms of tumorigenesis and anticancer drug development, focusing on discovering new targets for cancer development and drug resistance, epigenetic modifications and functional regulation, and the development of targeted drugs. He has led over 20 scientific research projects, including one National 863 Program project and five National Natural Science Foundation general projects. He has published over 70 SCI papers in journals such as Nature Genetics, Cancer Research, Cell Reports, Journal of Hematology & Oncology, Theranostics, and Oncogene, and holds eight authorized invention patents. He is the chief editor of the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan Textbook for Medical Biology" for five-year clinical medicine programs in national regular higher education institutions and has contributed to the graduate planning textbook "Medical Genetics" for national medical colleges and universities.
